IP Library Patent Application 12218859
Patent Application
App. No. 12/218,859

System, method, and computer program for providing multilingual text advertisments

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Patent No.
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App. No.
12/218,859
Abstract

A system, method, and computer program for providing multilingual text advertisements is provided. An advertisement is received in a source language. One or more target languages to associate with the advertisement are specified. At least one landing page associated with the advertisement is identified based on the one or more target languages. A user is then directed to the at least one landing page when the advertisement is accessed by the user.

Claims (41)

1 . A method comprising:

receiving an advertisement in a source language;

specifying one or more target languages to associate with the advertisement;

identifying at least one landing page associated with the advertisement based on the one or more target languages; and

directing a user to the at least one landing page when the advertisement is accessed by the user.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the landing page comprises a website associated with a provider of the advertisement.

3 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising automatically translating the website based on the one or more target languages.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the advertisement is accessed by the user via a website associated with a publisher.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the publisher collects a fee for associating the advertisement with the website.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating the at least one landing page on behalf of a provider of the advertisement based on the one or more target languages.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein a quantity of the at least one landing page is smaller than a quantity of the one or more target languages identified.

8 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising charging a fee for directing the user to the at least one landing page.

9 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising ranking the at least one landing page in order to determine quality.

10 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising matching a provider of the advertisement with an owner associated with the at least one landing page based on the one or more target languages.

11 . A computer readable medium having embodied thereon a program, the program being executable by a processor for performing a method, the method comprising:

receiving an advertisement in a source language;

specifying one or more target languages to associate with the advertisement;

identifying at least one landing page associated with the advertisement based on the one or more target languages; and

directing a user to the at least one landing page when the advertisement is accessed by the user.

12 . The computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the landing page comprises a website associated with a provider of the advertisement.

13 . The computer readable medium of claim 12 , further comprising automatically translating the website based on the one or more target languages.

14 . The computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the advertisement is accessed by the user via a website associated with a publisher.

15 . The computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the publisher collects a fee for associating the advertisement with the website.

16 . The computer readable medium of claim 11 , further comprising generating the at least one landing page on behalf of a provider of the advertisement based on the one or more target languages.

17 . The computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein a quantity of the at least one landing page is smaller than a quantity of the one or more target languages identified.

18 . The computer readable medium of claim 11 , further comprising charging a fee for directing the user to the at least one landing page.

19 . The computer readable medium of claim 11 , further comprising ranking the at least one landing page in order to determine quality.

20 . The computer readable medium of claim 11 , further comprising matching a provider of the advertisement with an owner associated with the at least one landing page based on the one or more target languages.

21 . A system comprising:

a text advertisement module configured to receive an advertisement in a source language;

a language module, in communication with the text advertisement module, the language module configured to specify one or more target languages to associate with the advertisement;

a landing page module, in communication with the language module, the landing module configured to identify at least one landing page associated with the advertisement based on the one or more target language and to direct a user to the at least one landing page when the advertisement is accessed by the user.

22 . The system of claim 21 , wherein the landing page comprises a website associated with a provider of the advertisement.

23 . The system of claim 22 , wherein the language module is further configured to translate the website based on the one or more target languages.

24 . The system of claim 21 , wherein the advertisement is accessed by the user via a website associated with a publisher.

25 . The system of claim 24 , wherein the publisher collects a fee for associating the advertisement with the website.

26 . The system of claim 21 , wherein the landing page module is further configured to generate the at least one landing page on behalf of a provider of the advertisement based on the one or more target languages.

27 . The system of claim 21 , wherein a quantity of the at least one landing page is smaller than a quantity of the one or more target languages identified.

28 . The system of claim 21 , further comprising an account module configured to charge a fee for directing the user to the at least one landing page.

29 . The system of claim 21 , further comprising a registration module configured to rank the at least one landing page in order to determine quality.

30 . The system of claim 21 , a provider of the advertisement is matched with an owner associated with the at least one landing page based on the one or more target languages.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Feb 16, 2016
From: LANGUAGE WEAVER, INC.
To: SDL INC.
Reel/Frame 037745/0391 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 17, 2008
From: LUNG, FELIX; WONG, WILLIAM
To: LANGUAGE WEAVER, INC.
Reel/Frame 021317/0859 →